1 . While having a walk with my husband to enjoy autumn weather, I noticed a car had broken down. We stopped to offer ________ However, others simply walked away.

We have a choice to help or ________ certain situations, but wouldn’t the world be a much better place, if we choose not to look away? For example, when we see injustice (不公平) are done, shall we just stand by or get ourselves ________ ? When we find someone is unfairly treated or judged for the appearance, shall we silently ________ our heads or stand up straight?

Society assumed it is ________ to look away, but we all need to learn not to whether it is due to coldness, fear or ignorance.

Years ago, I helped a girl who had fallen off her bike and gave her words of ________ while a kind stranger was calling the ambulance. Shortly after, our ________ relieved her pain. Everybody else—passers-by, cyclists and drivers ________ just stared at us as they went by. Another time, I did not ________ to stop before a dead cat and the man in the car behind me   ________ helped me carry the cat to the grassy verge before it ________ the danger of getting flattened. Then I knocked on doors trying to find and ________ the owner. However, I found it even more frustrating to see the ________ of community.

May we choose not to look away when the opportunity ________ We may very well be an angel or hero for somebody who needs our help or simply ________ somebody’s day with a mere smile.

2 . I’m grateful to have a roof over my head, food in my belly, and the ability to take care of my family. This is why I try to help those ________ whenever possible.

Here are some words from unlucky souls that ________ my mind about what’s really important in life.

One hot day, I was sitting on my front door ________ a cold drink when a homeless young man wandered by my house.

“Hi, there. Would you like something to drink?” I asked.

“No, thank you,” he ________ . “What I’d really like more than anything is a clean pair of ________ ”

His response really ________ me right in my heart. I have a whole drawer of clean socks and he just wanted one pair.

Another time, I was coming home from work on payday (发薪日). I was ________ in the rush hour when I saw a man holding a cardboard that ________ “Need work or food. Anything helps.”

I ________ my window, and gave him a 100-dollar bill.

“Thank you so much,” he said ________ and then added, “Seriously, really need a job.” I shared with him some ________ on possible employment opportunities and went on my way, hoping his luck would change for the ________ .

Most homeless people are like us. They’re just ________ a hard time. They should win our respect in dealing with their everyday ________ . They’re just people who might need a helping hand from their neighbors. Now I’m ________ for all things that I have.

3 . What do you want to be when you grow up? An employment (就业) officer, which helps people find jobs and return to school, was never on my list until I was _______ by Service Canada. What could be more _______ than to help others?

I have always said that people are at their worst when they are _______ or sick. I must say that some of their days were _______.

One day a lady came to the office with a dream to become a registered nurse. But her family did not _______ her for the financial (财务的) problem. I could see her love for nursing, so I _______ her to realize her dream. I shared with her the information necessary to _______ nursing school, and she left the office.

Many years later, I had cancer and went to the hospital for an operation. It was successful, _______, very painful. One night the pain was so bad that I had to _______ the bell. A nurse came and offered to help. I thanked the nurse for coming to my ________, saying. “I am not usually like this.”

To my ________, she said, “Oh, I know that, Mrs. Bryenton.” She went on to thank me that I had encouraged her to follow her ________. And here she was.

I was totally shocked as she ________ the story to me. I did remember this young lady. You never know what effect your encouraging words will have on someone.

Winston Churchill stated, “We make a living by what we ________, but we make a ________ by what we give.” I truly believe I was placed on Earth for a reason.

4 . Eleven months into my postdoctoral research, the project my advisor and I worked on was close to success. But then everything came to a ( n ) ________ — my 4-year-old daughter Ellie was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer.

Hearing the news, I ________ called my advisor, telling him to give someone else my ________ and clear my bench. He said he supported me in setting everything aside, but never gave up hope that I would ________ the lab.

In the months that followed, all my time was spent ________ to my daughter, who had become extraordinarily ________ and thin. I sometimes even checked her ________ at night for fear that it had stopped. In the midst of the ________ , I never thought about work.

My advisor stayed in touch with ________ messages. He only called once about a scholarship I had been ________ . It was an extraordinary honor, and one I had been working so hard for until months earlier. But by that point I didn’t ________ .

Nine months later, however, my mind started to ________ . Ellie was allowed back to school thanks to effective ________ . And I started to miss my lab. But the thought of returning to work left me feeling ________ and scared. What if the cancer came back when I was busy ________ around as both a scientist and a mom?

My advisor suggested I work a few hours per week on my project — which, I was surprised to learn, he’d ________ given to another person. And as I slowly re-entered my lab life, I ________ he had been laying the groundwork to ease my return.

I am ________ for my advisor’s support. He gave me the space I needed when I was ________ a personal crisis. He also cared about my ________ when I didn’t give it a second thought.

5 . Mike was not stranger to Angeles National Forest. He’d hiked the park near his home many times. But after risking walking along a _________ path last April, the 45-year-old hiker couldn’t find his way back. After several hours of aimless walking, his concern turned to _________. He wasn’t _________ anything more than the two-hour hike he’d planned. What he had were only a bottle of water in his bag and less than ten percent battery(电池)remaining on his mobile phone.

Mike climbed to a _________ place where he found at least one bar of signal(信号). “SOS. My phone is going to die. I’m _________ !” he texted a friend, posting a photo with his mud-stained legs hanging over rocks in it, which showed where he was. All Mike could do then was _________ and hope. With the temperature dropping fast, he hugged himself into a tight ball and used the bag to protect his bare legs from the _________ wind. After noticing two mountain lions and a bear _________ , he spent the night, feeling anxious.

Philip, 47, is always _________ looking for where photos are taken and often successful. When he read a post online, showing an unclear photo of a man’s __________ , he __________ searched a satellite map for the location(地点)based on the information provided online. The first thing he __________ in Mike’s photo were green leaves and plants. After __________ them to the map, Philip __________ something, “He’s got to be on the south side because there’s not really any __________ valleys on the north side.” That finding narrowed his __________ , helping him find an area similar to the photo. Minutes later, the location __________ ! Soon, a search-and-rescue team helicopter was in the air, flying above Mike.

After spending 27 hours alone in the wilderness, Mike __________ , “I’m safe!” In fact, when he was finally pulled __________ into the helicopter, one of his rescuers, unable to yell over the noise, wrote on a piece of paper, “You are so __________ !”

6 . Today I picked up some medicine for my unwell 1-year-old. As I ________ in line at Chemist Warehouse, I overheard the ________ of an elderly lady at the counter next to me. This lovely old woman ________ to be buying up half the shop and said to the shop assistant, "Can I ________ half of my items here? And I’ll collect the rest when I can as I can’t ________ all my items. They are far too ________ for me.”

I said to the elderly lady (Ilana), "I’m more than happy to ________ them for you. I' m happy to give you a ________ home or do you drive a car?”

It turned out that Ilana drove and her car was ________ near my car. I carried all her items to her car and put them in her car trunk.

Ilana then got chatting, clearly very ________ with no friends nearby and told me how much pain she was in, and all the ________ she had had in different hospitals. Ilana told me of her mother falling ill ________ and that her sister, her very best friend, at 17 had been hurt in a car accident and how her dad ________ all those misfortunes to support the family and how much she was ________ about them with tears in her eyes. I just stood and listened, holding back ________ myself as she opened up freely talking out her pain to a complete ________.

I felt sad and I just wish I could have done more, even though Ilana ________ me over and over on such a small act of ________

I want Ilana to know that carrying her ________ to the car today made my heart light as much as it ________ her and I wish her nothing but the best.

7 . Misty didn’t always feel so confident in herself.The challenges she has ______ over almost 20 years of dancing have made her strong.

At the young age, Misty was a shy child and ______ the spotlight (聚光灯). But she loved ______and movement.When she was 13, her coach ______ she attend a free ballet class at the Boys & Girls Club.At first, Misty was ______ to join in and felt out of place in the class._____, she discovered that her body—especially her long legs and flexible ______—was just right for ballet, which ______ her up.However, at the age of 19, she suddenly gain ______.“My body changed ______ over the course of several months,” she says.Misty had always been long and ______, which was considered “perfect” for a ballet dancer’s body.But now, she says, “I was being told that my proportions (比例) just weren’t right any more.” ______, Misty was the ______ African American in a company of 80 dancers.So she sometimes felt as if she didn’t fit in.Misty says this time was “one of the ______ moments of my life.” Even though Misty felt discouraged, she didn’t break ______.She talked with others who had struggled with similar problems.With the support of these friends, things slowly ______.

Today, Misty says, “I’ve learned to accept my appearance, skin color, and figure.” She wants to help other dancers ______ themselves, too.In her own book, Firebird, Misty tells readers to ______ their dreams: “No matter what that dream is,” she writes, “you have the ______ to make it come true with hard work and ______.”

8 . What was the best moment I’ve ever had in a class? I’ve had many great moments, but perhaps the best moment took place in my English class about a month ago.

I had a 15-minute presentations, and I felt pretty _________. Thirty minutes before my presentation, I _________ to use an actor for my presentation. I felt even more confident, assured that I would _________ the audience. When my presentation started, I gave a _________ to my actor that led me to _________ my eight notecards all over the floor. I quickly _________ all the notecards off the floor. I became _________, listening to the _________ of the audience as I tried to rearrange the cards. My anxiety levels _________, and the disorganized cards just added __________. I placed the cards down and felt a great sense of __________. My words, my explanations and my connections all __________ out of my mouth, and I felt more natural and free as I presented my topic.

I felt like a __________ different person. By the end of the presentation, I was __________ with sweat, not because I was __________, but because I left it all on the floor. I realized that the __________ to presenting to people was not just getting their attention by visual aids. You need to let your heart __________ so that you can __________ their hearts and minds. You can’t just be the center of attention; you need to give the audience attention, and you need to talk to them. First and foremost, you can’t present without __________.

Anything you present should be built off of __________. As long as you can be passionate and find a connection between yourself and the topic, you will keep the audience entertained.

9 . Bill Cunningham, a white-haired old man, was always seen riding an ordinary bicycle around the streets of New York. Dressed in the same blue worker's jacket and ______ black running shoes, this ordinary-looking man was one of the most important American ______ of the last 50 years.

What made Cunningham so great? It certainly wasn’t the use of expensive, _______equipment. Cunningham always used simple, relatively cheap cameras and ______ all his pictures on the streets of New York, not in a studio. He found ______ where others could not, in simple, everyday scenes, such as a man buying oranges at the local grocery store, or a woman ______home on the graffiti-covered subway. Through his fascination with what people were wearing, and not who they were, he ______ the doors of fashion to everyone — fashion belonged to the people, not just to ______ society and big brands.

______, what made Cunningham great was his ______ to photography, and the hours he devoted to ______ his work. Cunningham would go out onto the streets of New York each and every day despite the weather. He would even stay ______ in a storm, not coming back until he knew he had the right photos. He hardly ever took a day off and not once stayed home sick. This devotion and hard work are what we see ______ within his photos. This is what makes them so ______   .

Cunningham’s passion for photography ______ throughout his life. He was 87 when he _______and had been working right up until his last illness. ______ ever stopped him from getting the photo he wanted. We ______ him for recording the life of a whole ______ and its people over half a century. Bill Cunningham was an observer, and not one of the observed, a worker not a star — and this was how he ______ it.